Running-gear for vehicles



R. D. MORTON.

RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES. 'APPucmoN FILED DEC. 23, 1919..

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RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES. APPLIQATION men use. 23. 1919.

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Q 2 i m l H U IN VZNTdFE R D M0 r1072 I Be itknowni hat I,- R JHA D MORT N. a citizen of theUnited 'States'residing at Compton, in the county of Los Angeles and i '5 S ateof -G lifer nia,-.hare nvent d ne use ul impr vements i un ing-G ars. Vehicles, of which thefol-lowing is a' speci- .sa 1 i This invention; relates to, yehicles and fmore particulary. to a novel means 1 of constructing the running gearfor them,"wherein e r ft. w e s ar erc nneqtedy the usual axle and reaoh rod, the loadof tlie veh c be g-bor e: by s p ra and dietinct axles, extending substantiallyparal'lel with the draftaxle, and being supported on load bearing wheels or rollers operating on the innerface of the draft: wheel treadsgthe principal object of the. .invention being to distribute the load of the vehicle as nearas "p s to t c ion ur c b the W without the ec itymf.. QI SfiI tbi Q wheel with the "usualintervening load bearing p k e. J

A furtherobject ofthe invention-Eonsists in the novel: construction, combination and a n em nt o ilsth ee of which is illustrated the; 1 accompanying. drawing, in which.:,;: r A

Figure "1 is a plan viewpf the running gear.

Fig. 2 is a front end view of the same, one of the Wheels being partly broken away.

Fig. 8 is a section'on line 8-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the left-hand end portion of the loaded axle.

Fig. 5 is a vertical, central section through one of the improved traction wheels and drivers.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation partly broken away of the structure of Fig. 5.

The present improvement is designed to transmit the load on the running gear, as for instance the vehicle body 2 and its cargo,

down to points in close proximity to the ground and yet to provide draft gear with wheels of comparatively large or usual diameter, and this object is attained in the present case in the following manner:

The body of the vehicle is provided at each end with transverse bolsters 3-3 the forward of which is shown in Fig. 2 as pro vided with a disk or plate 4 through which passes a king bolt 5 passing through a saddle or lower plate 6, Figs. 2 and 3, the front i arcnaan sw m, or "ooiyrrron. cinema. Emm t-e m For; vEnIws-l 5T1: spcificaitidniof Letters'ratent'.

'substantial lyparallel triansve'rse'and rigidly connected; axle forming members? and 7 rigs; 1 and 3,*tlieseLbeiIig-bent toward {each other at. the opposite ends and scurelyfastei-ied to the upper inwardly -'directed axle arms of which there is; one at eaohend of the transverse axle streamer, these arms *being bent vertically dewhwareiyas "clearly shown .inlFigs. 2 ahd 5 "at f9, and the lower ends at these ears shown as provided 'jwith rollers 10. I? 'l jThese rollers are breferably p ovided with outwardly fconve'rgent 51 side beveled races 11 and hub" portions 12,""these' "faces and the peripheral "garages Of -thje hubs .12 being designedtofbefi upon aTset otsp'a ed a' nnularftrackingrings 13 that are showmin {Fig.5 ages secured or a formed; onthe inner 'falce'of atread rim" 14 jforfning a part of the wlieel like structure havin inner and outer side plates 15 and lfi re peetively;the fogmer being' provided with a' central aperture 17 that is coveredionthe inner face, with adisk or cover plate 18 that has'an eccentric apertureigia to receive the adj-ac nt portion ofthe inside of the uard-plate '18'whieh eovers" th aperture- 17 that i 'gor suflijc'ient' diameterto permit the wheel' structure-torotate freeief the eccentric axle part 8.

The disk or plate 18 forms a dust guard or cover to prevent the entrance of dust or other matter into the hollow wheel structure 1516. The wheel is provided with a concentric bearing sleeve or housing 20 in which there is extended a concentric axle 21 with a flange or collar 22 adjacent the inner end of the bearing sleeve 20 and having. on its outer end a nut 23 disposed just outside of a transverse collar 24 .forming a part of or on the sleeve or hub 20.

The outer end of the shaft or axle 21 may be covered by a removable cap 25 threaded on a contiguous portion of the outside wheel other manner if desired, and it is also braced.

by a suitable bracing means as 27 plate 16 or other suitable part, in this case The chamber thus formed within the wheel structure 1516 is designed to be charged with a suitable quantity of lubrishown as secured to or formed on the inner face of Wheel Plate 15 d u roundin the dust guard 18. a .v y

The front axle 21 extends transversely "plate 15 rotates as to the guard 18. The

across the 7 gear and is bent downwardly as at 21 and thence horizontally again, centrally beneath the "king'bolt 5 and lies in a plane intermediate the side parallel "members 7-47 of theload axle and is not in any wise connected to: the load axle so that none of-thegload of the yehicle is transmitted to the front axle 21 nor to the rear ,axle 21 which isof substantially the same construction and arrangement as is also the load bearingaxle S and the rollers 10 and the rearzwheels with the exception that the rear axle 21has no pivotal connection with h the bolsters 3 at the rear ofthebody.

Draft power to draw the vehicle is connected to thetransverse and front draft axle 21 in an suitablemanner, as for instancethjroug draft links that are in From-thel above it will be seen that the maximum pulling force of the draft means is exerted through .theaxles 21 and the reach rod 33 at ,thei center off the largearotating power wheels 15, (and these act as levers forconstantly rolling the load that a is transmitted well down toward the-ground by means of: the a small wheels or rollers ring uponthe name to this 10 of which there is one at each end of the" front and rear load axles 7 The dust guard 18 is shown as in sections tolrfacilitate its being assembled about the eccentric axle 8 and is bolted or otherwise "fastened at 18 to the collar 22 on the axle 21 and therefore is stationary while the smallelongated opening 19 through which c a me a a jlclaim'z a a1. 1151 a same? gear at wheeled. vehicles, a circulanwheel havingan. annular rim member and side plates attachedjthereto :forming. a substantially closed chamber with an axle openin'gflatone' sidejanaxle bearand an eccentric axle passing through the axle opening and having a downwardly turned arm with antifriction means rolll ,2. Ina draft gear for wheeled vehicles,

acircular wheel having an annular rim member and side plates attached thereto torming a substantially closed chamber with an axle-opening atone side; an axle'bear ding concentrically; mounted in the wheel; an eccentric axle passing through the axle opening and havin a downwardly turned arm with; antifrictlon means rolling upon the lowermost portion of the said rim; and 'a dust guard for the axle opening.

In testimony vwhereof I. have signed my specification." a i a, RIC-HARD 'Dr-MORTON.

lowermostportion of the said s ,ing concentrically mounted inthe' wheel; 

